Since the US has more people in prison than any other country, shouldn’t we be working on an effective method of rehabilitation? A potential solution comes from an unlikely place, the notorious Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama, where the resident psychologist brought in a pair of teachers to instruct volunteers in Vipassana Buddhist meditation. It involves perching on a cushion for 10 hours at a time in utter silence for 10 days. Me, I’d opt for the cooler instead. But several inmates signed up, and the results were so amazing that the jealous prison chaplain had the program shut down. The filmmakers — Andrew Kukura, Jennie Phillips, and Anne Marie Stein — do best when they concentrate on the prisoners’ own testimony and don’t go off on loopy re-creations. And though the anecdotal evidence compels, more-scientific back-up is called for. Nonetheless, when a convicted killer forgives the person who murdered his own daughter, even the most skeptical might be swayed. 76 minutes | Coolidge Corner

Tuya's Marriage Although it begins and ends with a tragically ambiguous image, Wang Quan’an’s film might be the closest thing that Mongolian cinema will ever get to a romantic comedy.

Interview: Paul Rudd "With Lou Ferrigno there was also that element of excitement that I think we had with Rush."

Review: Z (1969) John F. Kennedy wasn't the only political leader murdered in 1963. On May 22 of that year, Gregoris Lambrakis, a left-leaning, pacifist member of the Greek parliament and an aspiring presidential candidate seeking to replace the reigning right-wing government, was assaulted after a peace rally in Thessaloniki. He died five days later.

Dead reckoning Fo r years it looked as if George Romero had hit a dead end.

The Tracey Fragments Ellen Page is younger and less wise-ass than in her recent Oscar-nominated role, but thanks to the fragmentation, she’s at least as annoying.

The Omen Gus Van Sant might have had theoretical reasons for his painstaking remake of Psycho , but what’s director John Moore’s excuse?

Death watch Perhaps because of the film’s provocative subject, few even among those who have seen it have commented on Death of a President ’s more allusive and ironic touches. Beating around the Bush: Death of a President misfires. By Peter Keough

Below the surface It’s another hot day in Boston, and Paramount has taken over the 10th floor of the Ritz Carlton to host a press junket for Oliver Stone’s sunny take on 9/11, World Trade Center . Feel-good movie of the summer: Oliver Stone: from the Hollywood crackpot of JFK to the Republican sellout of World Trade Center. By Peter Keough Off-Center: Oliver Stone's trite take on 9/11. By Peter Keough

Crossing over As a German of Turkish descent, Fatih Akin has demonstrated an understandable preoccupation with borders — national, cultural, generational, sexual — in his films.

Company man In at least one of its toss-away scenes, Joshua Seftel’s War, Inc. rises to the level of brutal bad taste that distinguishes master satirists from Jonathan Swift to Stanley Kubrick.